The Cabinet is to hold its second regional meeting since the coalition came to power.

Ministers are to gather away from Westminster, in Derby.

They will also carry out a series of visits in the area.

David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will continue their focus on growth by hosting a summit for chairmen of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).

The bodies - alliances between councils and companies, chaired by a businessman - replaced Labour's Regional Development Agencies and are designed to unleash private sector growth as public sector cuts bite.

However, the British Chambers of Commerce has warned that the "jury is out" on LEPs due to their lack of resources and uncertain powers. So far more than 30 have been formed, but although they cover more than 70% of England's population there are still gaps.

On Sunday the Prime Minister appealed for "go-getting" entrepreneurs to pull UK plc out of the doldrums. In spite of fears that soaring oil costs could undermine the fledgling recovery, he dismissed "cowardly" calls for public spending cuts to be eased. Instead, he insisted the "only strategy" was to tackle the "enemies of enterprise" in Britain by cutting tax and bureaucracy, and boosting trade.

In a speech to the Conservative spring forum in Cardiff, Mr Cameron said Chancellor George Osborne's crucial Budget on March 23 would be "the most pro-growth for a generation".

He blamed Labour for suppressing enterprise since 1997 - saying even his baby daughter Florence knew that "tax and regulation" was holding the country back. "Someone joked to me the other day that the biggest growth industry in Britain this past decade has been the people writing the rules," Mr Cameron told activists.

"But actually it's no joke. Every regulator, every official, every bureaucrat in government has got to understand that we cannot afford to keep loading costs on to business because frankly they cannot take it any more. And if I have to pull these people into my office to argue this out myself and get them off the backs of business then believe me, I'll do it."